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Hudson Valley’s First and Only Board Game Cafe!

We can be found at the corner of Columbia and 8th Streets in Hudson, NY.

In the mornings (9am during the week and 8am on weekends), we are open for takeout or eat in, with a full breakfast menu and our pour-over coffees and loose leaf teas. Our menu has salads, sandwiches, munchies, and frappes. We recently added a growing selection of wines, beers, ciders, and sakes; along with this, we also launched a dinner menu, and extended our hours through 8pm. Everything is made fresh when you order, so just sit back and enjoy the bright, comfortable, analogue atmosphere.

To sit in and play games, we charge a $5/person cover fee – this will be waived on bills over $45. We also offer takeout all day, and can occasionally deliver to local Hudson businesses – we suggest calling in advance to place your order.

We have regular gaming events, panel discussions, and demos: our calendar is updated often. We also have signup forms so you can tell us when you’d like to come in and meet new people while playing your favorite games!

Every other Monday, join a group at House Rules Cafe for a session of crafting and discussion on our favorite topics! Be it nerdery, books, movies, local events, national events, or personal events, anything is up for grabs.

All crafting is welcome and encouraged! We’ll put down dropcloths for any potentially messy activity.

The second feature in our month of classic monster movies: 1933’s “King Kong.” A definitive movie of the genre, this year it celebrates the 85th anniversary of its release. Filled with wonderful early special effects, a giant gorilla, and lots of screaming, it’s a fun cinematic experience for everyone, particularly if you’ve never seen the original version!

Our full menu will be available, along with popcorn and adult beverages.

A mysterious blob of extraterrestrial origins emerges from a meteorite, and threatens to consume everything in its path. Starring Steve McQueen and Aneta Cosaut as two teens who try to warn the townspeople of the oozing menace, this classic ’50s sci-fi B-movie has entertained audiences (and scared young children) for 60 years!

Our full menu will be available, along with popcorn and our new drink menu.

The Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher, is an entire universe of wizards, vampires, mobsters, werewolves, sorcerers, witches, and other mythical beings.

Living in Chicago.

And so begins our newest RPG campaign, set in the Dresden Files universe. Urban fantasy at its best! We have a limited number of spaces for this monthly event, though there will be room for folks to join on a session-by-session basis. Players must sign up and tell us whether they plan to be regulars, or occasional.

This uses the FATE system, created by Evil Hat Productions. If you have Fate Dice, feel free to bring them, but we will have all components necessary. We do recommend having a notebook and pen or pencil for note-taking and the recording of thoughts or suspicions.

THE DM IS LORD ALL HAIL THE DM. (Stephen Chast) He can be found on Twitter, or wandering around this page, if anyone has any questions.

Every other Monday, join a group at House Rules Cafe for a session of crafting and discussion on our favorite topics! Be it nerdery, books, movies, local events, national events, or personal events, anything is up for grabs.

All crafting is welcome and encouraged! We’ll put down dropcloths for any potentially messy activity.